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Old 01-05-2008, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Brian Glassman View Post
Ken, I just played in a Strauss Waltz Orch on New Year'sDay w/ Dennis Masuzzo (the big 5ths tuning advocate) in the section and he had a beautiful cornerless Italian that is supposedly from 1833 by Vincenzo Lucarini. I wish I had taken a picture of it. It has a similar shape to Mr. Grillo's bass and had a very fine sound and spread throughout the room. My Prescott held it's own next to it along w/ a really nice old Italian violin cornered bass that was from the late 1700's.
Here's one I found from Italy, c.1840 but reported stolen in 2002;



Label Vincenzo Lucarini
Fecit in Faentae 1840
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